George O Barr School, Silvis IL - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on George O Barr School

George O Barr School serves kindergarten through fifth grade in Silvis, a small industrial and residential city in Rock Island County on the eastern edge of the Quad Cities. The school enrolls a mixed student body spread across two buildings. Just over half the student population identifies as white, with substantial representation of Hispanic and Black students, and smaller numbers of multiracial, Asian, and Native American students. Free and reduced price lunch eligibility data is not available.

The school's state assessment results show persistent struggle in core academics. In math, proficiency runs low across tested grades: third grade students reached proficiency at roughly one-in-five, fourth grade one-in-six, and fifth grade one-in-four. Math scores show no grade where a majority of students meet state standards. English language arts paints a somewhat different picture. Third grade proficiency is similarly low, but performance improves substantially by fourth grade, where roughly half of students test proficient, and fifth grade, where performance climbs to a more solid range. Science proficiency in fifth grade lands around one-in-three. The school participates fully in state testing; participation rates hover near or at complete.

These results position the school above the midpoint for proficiency among the county's districts when all tested subjects and grades are averaged together, but that aggregate masks the real story: the school's math program is a clear soft spot. A parent considering this school should look directly at what math instruction looks like and what additional support is available in that area.

The school sits within a town experiencing modest growth. Silvis itself has a residential core of owner-occupied homes, parks, and small commercial life, anchored by a downtown corridor that the Silvis Main Street program is actively revitalizing. The northern edge of town is dominated by industrial uses, including a large John Deere manufacturing plant and railyard. Genesis Medical Center and regional employers like Rock Island Arsenal anchor the local labor market. Housing values in the Silvis zip code remain affordable relative to state and national benchmarks. Two housing developments were in planning stages recently: a multifamily affordable housing project and a new subdivision. MetroLINK bus service connects the area to the broader Quad Cities, and the Silvis Public Library participates in regional summer programming.

Enrollment information is available in the data; information about free and reduced lunch rates, English learners, special education enrollment, chronic absenteeism, and the school's discipline or staffing climate was not provided. The school district itself appears stable with no major recent referendum or policy changes on record.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 321%

School 21% · District 21%

▼ 25 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 417%

School 17% · District 17%

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 525%

School 25% · District 25%

▼ 5 pts below state median · even with county median

English language arts

Grade 330%

School 30% · District 30%

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 451%

School 51% · District 51%

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Grade 557%

School 57% · District 57%

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Science

Grade 531%

School 31% · District 31%

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

This schoolSilvis SD 34, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.